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NewTeeVee.com reports that Gawker.TV reposted an Improv Everywhere Internet video that originally appeared on YouTube with Gawker's original player and without the Impov Everywhere logo. The main question in this story is, does this constitute copyright infringement?

Cydney Tune, head of Pillsbury’s copyright practice section, said that “looking at this situation, there’s definitely copyright infringement going on, because there’s been a copy made without permission.

“The funny thing about it is that it’s so easy to do it right,” she added. “It’s not the type of infringement problem where they can argue there was no other way to get it, that it’s fair use for some reason. Instead of doing it the right way, which is easy, they’re choosing to do it this way for a reason.” Tune said that there would be no doubt of Todd having a legal claim to make against Gawker.TV for lost ad revenue and views, though she declined to say if she thought it would be successful.